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This project was designed to test manure from manure lagoons on sow farms across the midwest for the presence of viable PEDV in an effort to understand the risk of transmitting this virus during pit pumping. Of the pits we…

In this study, we sought to identify factors that were associated with PEDv outbreaks on a sample of 190 sow farms from within the Swine Vet Center practice. Additionally, we investigated the role of PRRSv in these infections. The objective…

This project was designed to test manure from deep pits in 30 barns across southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa for the presence of viable PEDV in an effort to understand the risk of transmitting this virus during pit pumping season…

PRRS virus can be eradicated using direct virus exposure and herd closure of at least 200 days. • This can be done in a cost effective manner with the only additional cost is renting a site to hold gilts for…

In the study, serum had a higher quantity of virus than the blood swab samples as expected. The blood swab method can be done on boars each collection day, thus is user-friendly when compared with snaring and collection of blood…